Tag: nintendo
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Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Notes
Nintendo Japan had a live-streamed presentation revealing new details about their upcoming console, the Nintendo Switch. Here are my notes. It’ll be available March 3rd 2017 in Japan, US, Canada, “major Euro nations.” 29,980 JPY $299.99 USD It’ll be up for pre-order in Japan on the 21st. No word on the US. The system will…
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The NX is the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo teased that the NX would get revealed in a short video today and here it is. The device codenamed NX now has an official designation, the Switch, a docking combination of home-console and portable device with a detachable controller that splits off of the main tablet-style unit to become two smaller SNES-style controllers for…
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Nintendo Famicom Classic
Nintendo of Japan announced the Classic-ized version of the Family Computer today. The NES Classic Edition was announced way back in July. This miniaturized Famicom also includes 30 games, and will be available in Japan a day before the NES Classic on the tenth of November. The NES is still not up for pre-order, but…
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Nintendo Power Archived
The NES was the premier gaming console when I was growing up, and Nintendo Power was the outlet for all of our interest in games for years. I don’t think it ever crossed anyone’s mind how strange it was that the only source of information was directly from the console maker who also created each…
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Ben Heck Attempts to Repair The Nintendo Playstation Prototype
In part one, Ben Heck opened up the Nintendo Playstation prototype, in this part he’s attempting to repair the device. It’s fascinating to watch Ben Heck work through the problems of this old prototype.